Chacoan peccary: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Chacoan peccary Catagonus wagneri Endangered

Where the Chacoan peccary lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 27 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See wild pigs & peccaries on the world map

Scientific name	Catagonus wagneri
Group	Wild pigs & peccaries
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Tayassuidae

Where does the Chacoan peccary live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chacoan peccary in 1 country or territory across South America.

Paraguay

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Chacoan peccary endangered?

The Chacoan peccary’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Chacoan peccary?

The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Tayassuidae, genus Catagonus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chacoan peccary

The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri), also called the taguá, is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is the only extant species of genus Catagonus. With a total estimated population of approximately 3,000, it is considered to be an endangered species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chacoan peccary (revision 1376408189), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1058516 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).